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Hoping all your sewing kits came with cookies this year 🍪🪡

Today and everyday, give of your time, your self, your heart and your soul. Give to loved ones, give to strangers. Give to those who are not as privileged, those needing a helping hand, those not rich with sustenance nor safety. ⁠Give thanks and gratitude.
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Much love to you all today, our beautiful friends. 🫶🏼⁠
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It’s that time of year again. The car parks are full, the store shelves are being emptied and after the whirlwind that was 2024, we are keen to switch off and celebrate with those we love the most. Back in 2020 we teamed up with Katie Roberts, chief eco expert from @SustainabilityInStyle, to create a Christmas Kindness Challenge in the lead-up to holiday celebrations, and we felt it was very relevant for this year too.⁠
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Here are a few prompts for mindful reflection for a not-so-silly season and to help spread a little peace, calm and unity as the year closes. Which one speaks to you the most?⁠
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Head to the link in bio to read more. 🌿⁠
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#KindnessIsEverything⁠
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A knitted tree! 🎄 We could not love this more. Did you catch our story in the latest issue about intergenerational skill sharing and connection? This story from Edinburgh warms the cockles of our craft-loving hearts.

From @bbcscotnews:

“It’s become a social occasion for people, but also a chance to be part of something bigger.”

“A community group in Edinburgh has unveiled a 16ft knitted Christmas Tree aimed at bringing different generations together.

The Heart of Newhaven hope to tackle loneliness and isolation in people of all ages through shared activity.

Volunteers have been meeting on a weekly basis to knit squares and decorations for the tree.

Tap the link in the @bbcscotnews bio to read more about the community’s hope for an intergenerational hub.”

#BBCScotlandNews #BBCNews #Knitting #KnittedChristmasTree #ChristmasTree #IntergenerationalLearning

TWO MORE SLEEPS!⁠
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Need a last-minute gift? Grab a 12-month subscription and you'll get a downloadable gift card to print out and give to your lucky recipient. Easy as!⁠ 🎁⁠
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Subscriptions are for 12 months of goodness – two issues (one delivered every six months) and four sewing patterns (one sent quarterly) – delivered to your door! Every issue is filled with hopeful content, thoughtful stories and clever DIYs, designed to empower you to live a more meaningful, mindful and me-made life. Why subscribe? Because it helps us, as a very small independent team, do what we do. 🫶🏼⁠
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#PeppermintMagazine #SupportSmallBusiness

Is it too much to ask? 🎄

From @CleanClothesCampaign:

“It’s giving (Pay Your Workers) season 🎁

What’s on your solidarity wishlist this year?”

#PayYourWorkers #EnoughPovertyWages

There’s suncream in the air and the supermarket smells like mangoes, which can only mean one thing. Summer is here! It’s time to bust out that formaldehyde-free nail polish and get set to bare all in a pair of oh-so-sweet sandals. ⁠
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What makes a sandal sweet, you ask? Well, we’re all for bright shades and wear-with-anything practicality. Throw in some sensible packaging, vegan alternatives and recycled materials, and we are in. On our website, we’ve rounded up seven of our favourite sustainable and ethical brands for the sun-kissed days ahead… ⁠
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Head to the link in bio!⁠
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Image: @Twoobs⁠
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#SustainableFashion #RecycledFashion #VeganFashion #EthicalFashion #SustainableFootwear

Shame must change sides 🙌🏼

Gisele - we salute you. Person of the Year in our eyes (and hearts).

Powerful words and art (hand-stitched on a photo) by @VillanaArt:

“The case of Gisele Pelicot moved me to my core, to see how dark and disturbing it was, yet again bringing to light the violence women face around the world, that women aren’t safe even with their families, even at their home. The case just showed to us the level of misogyny that still exists in our society.

Gisele, I honour your dignity and courage. Everyone is left with no doubt as to who should be ashamed, and is certainly not you, or all of us who have suffered sexual abuse. We shall replace the feelings of shame with dignity and strength to transmute the pain and humiliation into a global sword of justice for all the victims of sexual abuse who were not able to speak up or who were not believed or who were too young to understand.

When people question if feminism is still needed:

1 in 3 women worldwide will suffer a form of sexual violence in their lifetime. This needs to stop. We all came from a woman, time to heal our women. I hope Gisele can find healing.”

#mercigisele
#justiceforgisele #gisèlepélicot #womensupportingwomen #violenceagainstwomen

Thank YOU Yarrenyty Arltere and all your incredible artists, such inspiration you bring to all of us. 🖤❤️💛⁠
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From @Yarrenyty__Arltere:⁠
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"Thank you @PeppermintMagazine for featuring us in your summer edition issue 62. What a beautiful spread of photos and article. ⁠
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We all love fashion in this art room and now we love OUR fashion and how all our work over many years in sewing and textiles and screen printing and painting and dying have found a new voice in the clothes we are making. ⁠
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Grab a copy of @PeppermintMagazine if you can. The whole magazine is beautiful (especially pages 94-99)!"⁠
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Absolutely beautiful photos were taken by @_SaraFoto⁠
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#Textiles #SoftSculpture #TownCampArtists #IndigenousArt #AboriginalArt⁠

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